Newton High School

Wilfred Cormier “Will”

Wilfred Cormier (“Will”) was one of 137 graduates in the class of 1922 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Stearns School; headed for Tufts Engineering; lived at 232 Watertown, Nonantum. Portrait and entry from the 1922 yearbook, page 30.

Class of 1922

137 in the class of 1922 · 24 more named Cormier

Full name: Wilfred Cormier
Known as: Will
Born: May 27, 1903
Lived at: 232 Watertown, Nonantum, Newton, Massachusetts
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1922
Course: Scientific
Came from: Stearns School
Headed for: Tufts Engineering

Also searched as: Will Cormier; Cormier, Wilfred.

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Same surname 23
Classmates 136
Same schools 1

In context

137 people from the Newton High School class of 1922 appear on this site, and Cormier puts Wilfred 26th among them. Wilfred is printed on page 30 of the scan, in the first third of the 23-to-65 run of portrait pages. In the Newton High School class of 1922, 29% of the 137 printed courses are Scientific (40 people), Wilfred included. “Tufts Engineering” is Wilfred's plan after graduation; 57 of 105 classmates with a printed plan (54%) named a college or university. In the class of 1922, 75% of the plans we could classify (57 of 76) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 86% in 1921 and 89% in 1923.

On the same scan page	Wayne Bruning Conner, Edward Payson Crane, Henry Stanley Cross
Same kind of plan	college or university: 57 of 105 classmates with a plan (54%)
Same course	Scientific: 40 of 137 classmates with a course (29%)

At home, 232 Watertown, Nonantum

The 1936 city directory lists Wilfred Cormier with the occupation “acetylene welder (Brighton)” (page).

The 1936 Newton Directory lists these people named Cormier at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

John Cormier (wife Lucy), acetylene welder (Brighton) householderpage
David F Cormier lived herepage
John H Cormier lived herepage
Jos Cormier lived herepage
Margt Cormier, radio tube worker lived herepage
Mary E Cormier, typist (Watertown) lived herepage
Wilfred Cormier, acetylene welder (Brighton) lived herepage

The Cormier household is listed here in 1938 too.

What the yearbook said

i HAVE DONE MY DUTY AND DONE NO MORE

The class of 1922

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Also headed for Tufts Engineering

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Newton High School yearbook, 1922, page 30. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1922newt).

Published 1922, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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